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Composer-In-Residence: Raven Chacon

All day

Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. As a solo artist, Chacon has...

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Native Pop! At the Newberry

All day

 Free and open to all Mar 20–Jul 19, 2025 At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries How Indigenous people have shaped popular culture.

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Indigenous Reading Series

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

The Indigenous Reading Series is a new MSA program that centers Indigenous thinking and perspectives through reading and discussion. Each...

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Multiple Battlefield Cinema

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

This workshop, entitled Battlefield Cinema, brings together filmmakers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples whose goal is to explore how community-engaged and...

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Thinking Andean Studies Conference

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

The Thinking Andean Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary event that showcases the increasing number of scholars conducting research in and...

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Thinking Andean Studies Conference

12:00 PM - 9:30 PM

The Thinking Andean Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary event that showcases the increasing number of scholars conducting research in and...

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Beginning Cherokee 103

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Patrick Rochford Students will build upon the knowledge they have already gained in previous courses. Topics will include but are not...

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If You Remember, I’ll Remember

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

If You Remember, I’ll Remember is an invitation to reflect on the past while contemplating the present through works of...

May
19
2026

Spring Quarter CNAIR Brown Bag

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for our spring quarter brown bag where we will build on our exploration of Indigenous Feminisms! Stay tuned...

May
12
2026

NAIS Book Club Spring Meeting

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join us for the Native American and Indigenous Studies book club! At our Spring Quarter meeting, we will be discussing...

Apr
25
2026

5th Annual NAISA Spring Traditional Pow Wow

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hosted by the Native American & Indigenous Student Alliance A Pow Wow is a family-friendly, intergenerational cultural celebration held by many...

Feb
19
2026

Alumni Fireside Chat with Forrest Bruce

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Curious about careers in the environment? Join CNAIR, the program in Environmental Policy and Culture, and the Waldron Student-Alumni Connections...

Feb
12
2026

Natalie Diaz Reading and Conversation

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Litowitz MFA+MA Program and the Northwestern English Department are proud to present a reading and conversation by poet Natalie...

Feb
10
2026

NAIS Book Club Winter Meeting

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Come join us for the Native American and Indigenous Studies book club! At our Winter Quarter meeting, we will be...

Oct
21
2025

NAIS Book Club Fall Meeting

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Come gather with us for the Native American and Indigenous Studies Quarterly Book Club! At our Fall Quarter meeting, we...

May
15
2025

The Story of Pa I Sha

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

The Story of Pa I Sha WHEN: May 15, 7:30 p.m. Description: The Bach & Beethoven Experience presents the musical narrative, The...

May
3
2025

4th Annual NAISA Traditional Spring Pow Wow

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Northwestern's Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance is hosting its 4th annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow at the Welsh-Ryan Arena.  A...

Mar
6
2025

NAIS Guest Speaker Dylan Robinson

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

 We are very excited to remind you of our Winter Quarter invited guest speaker, xwélmexw professor DYLAN ROBINSON, coming to...

Oct
8
2024

Artist/Elders in Residence: Welcome Breakfast!

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Join us to welcome Fern Renville and Roger Fernandes as our AY25 Artist/Elders in Residence!  “Storytelling and Traditional Indigenous Artmaking”  FERN RENVILLE...

Apr
1
2024

Artist-in-Residence

All day

Come join us to learn about traditional Potawatomi quill work, including how to harvest a porcupine hide! We are so...

Nov
14
2023

NAIS Book Club

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join us for the (Native American and Indigenous Studies) NAIS Book Club (Fall AY23) and receive your FREE COPY of...

Nov
8
2023

Friends, Food, & Fire

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Join The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) and The Indigenous Graduate Student Collective (IGSC) for Friends, Food,...

Nov
1
2023

CNAIR Affiliates Meeting

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Quarterly CNAIR Affiliates Meeting  Please note that this is a closed meeting, only for current CNAIR affiliates  Contact Michaela.Marchi@northwestern.edu

May
5
2023

Annual Birch Bark Canoe Launch

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Join us on the morning of May 5 as we launch the wiigwaasi-jiimaan (birch bark canoe) Northwestern built under the...

Nov
22
2022

NAIHM: Campus Walking with Relatives

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in building our relationships...

Nov
21
2022

NAIHM: Craft Circle

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for a craft circle. A member of the Northwestern community will lead us in an art-making activity. Feel...

Nov
16
2022

NAIHM: Native American Summit

6:00 AM - 8:00 PM

The Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative is coordinating a trip to Springfield, IL to meet with Illinois legislators on topics...

Nov
9
2022

NAIHM: Craft Circle

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for a craft circle. A member of the Northwestern community will lead us in an art-making activity. Feel...

Nov
2
2022

NAIHM: Smudging & Feast

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us for a...

May
24
2022

Harvest Paint & Reflect

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us on Tuesday, May 24th to paint canvas tote bags and reflect on the quarter over a meal. This...

May
6
2022

4th Annual CNAIR Research Symposium

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The 4th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Research Symposium will highlight 2021-2022 CNAIR faculty and graduate...

May
5
2022

Lunch & Learn: Pow Wow 101

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us during the lunch hour for a virtual session to gear up for NAISA's Spring Pow Wow on Saturday,...

Apr
1
2022

CNAIR's 4th Annual Research Symposium

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Join CNAIR for our anniual research symposium, featuring graduate and faculty fellows who will share their work from the past...

Nov
10
2021

Sky Hopinka: Channeling Indigenous Histories

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The multidimensional work of artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) employs video, photography, music, and poetry as...

May
20
2021

CNAIR Annual Research Symposium

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

We’ll gather to hear from our 2020-21 undergraduate, graduate, and faculty fellows and to celebrate the research they completed this...

Apr
6
2021

Legacies of Inequality, Myths of Progress

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Primarily focused on economic inequality, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #10, “Reduced Inequalities,” also aims to “empower and promote the...

Mar
5
2021

CNAIR Winter Brown Bag Series

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for an informal, Zoom workshop of Enzo Vasquez Toral’s syllabus in progress for a spring 2021 course.  We’ll discuss...

Feb
18
2021

A Conversation with Tommy Orange

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There, a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about...

Feb
12
2021

There, There Book Club

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Center for Native American Research (CNAIR) and Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) invite you to join us in reading "There,...

Feb
8
2021

There, There Book Club

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

The Center for Native American Research (CNAIR) and Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) invite you to join us in reading "There,...

Feb
3
2021

Hodinöhsö:ni' Stories With Perry Ground

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) as we welcome Perry Ground, an Onondaga storyteller, for an evening of fun-filled stories. Perry...

Jan
14
2021

A Conversation with Jana Schmieding

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

A Conversation with Jana Schmieding Lakota Sioux writer, performer, activist and former educator Jana Schmieding discusses her work as an Indigenous...

Nov
6
2020

Guest Speaker Seminar: Dr. Cristina Eisenberg

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

PBC is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristina Eisenberg to present their research to the community. https://www.cristinaeisenberg.com/ Seeds of Success: Fort Belknap Indian...

May
29
2020

CNAIR 2019-2020 Symposium

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

CNAIR 2019-2020 Fellows Virtual Research Talks Friday, May 29, 12-1:30 PM Please join CNAIR for virtual research talks by our faculty, graduate,...

Apr
23
2020

Tommy Orange Book Discussion and Signing

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

EVENT POSTPONED details to follow soon April 23, 2020 Doors Open 5:30 pm Event Start 6:30 pm Book Signing 7:30 pm RSVP and ticketing: https://tinyurl.com/vyna3fb SIgn-up for...

Mar
4
2020

Decolonizing Healthcare

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Decolonizing Healthcare: An Indigenous perspective on affirming healthcare for Two Spirit and Transgender communities  Description: Culturally informed and affirming healthcare is...

Dec
5
2019

Harvest Indigenous Discussions

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join MSA for our monthly dinner and discussion series on topics important to Indian Country and the Northwestern Native and...

Nov
26
2019

Campus Nature Walk

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...

Nov
25
2019

Smudging Ceremony

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...

Nov
22
2019

NAHM: Craft Circle

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...

Nov
20
2019

Smudging Ceremony

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...

Nov
19
2019

NAHM: Campus Nature Walk

9:00 AM - 9:45 PM

Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...

Nov
16
2019

Sand Creek Commemoration

10:30 AM - 1:30 PM

In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA) has invited representative descendants of the Northern...

Nov
15
2019

NAHM: Craft Circle

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...

Nov
14
2019

Harvest Indigenous Discussions

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join MSA for our monthly dinner and discussion series on topics important to Indian Country and the Northwestern Native and...

Nov
13
2019

Smudging Ceremony

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...

Nov
12
2019

Campus Nature Walk

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...

Nov
8
2019

NAHM: Craft Circle

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...

Nov
5
2019

Postcard to the 7th Generation

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

What are you doing to prepare the world for future generations? It is common among some Native Americans to consider...

Nov
4
2019

Smudging Ceremony

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...

Oct
31
2019

Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 PM Northwestern University Rebecca Crown Center- Hardin Hall 633 Clark St- West Tower, Evanston Please join us for...

Oct
17
2019

Dylan AT Miner: This Land is Always

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

This Land is Always Co-presented with Art History, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, Northwestern University Native American and...

Oct
14
2019

Indigenous Tour of Northwestern

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (October 14, 2019) by learning about Native people, places, and initiatives that connect to Northwestern University:...

May
17
2019

CNAIR's 1st Annual Research Symposium

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research is proud to announce it’s first annual research symposium. The symposium will...

May
13
2019

Birds & Breakfast

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Each year thousands of migratory birds travel to & through Chicago along the coast of Lake Michigan. During Spring migration,...

Mar
11
2019

Native Politics

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

A conversation facilitated by Daviree Velazquez Phillip and Aaron Golding to celebrate Rep. Deb Haaland, Rep. Sharice Davids, Gertrude Bonnin,...

Feb
27
2019

Walking as Witness

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

JeeYeun Lee uses performance, research, and socially engaged art to bring our attention to the ways that histories of place...

Nov
29
2018

Sovereignty Symposium

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Sovereignty SymposiumCo-hosted with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities’ Dialogues on Security...

May
5
2018

CAICC Urban Native Education Conference

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

THEME: Identity, Kinship, and Belonging This conference will facilitate the exchange of strategies, tools an research among Native American education in...

May
4
2018

Pacific Island Studies Now Symposium

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Featuring: Vicente Diaz (Univ of Minnesota), Christina DeLisle (Univ. of Minnesota), and Hokulani Aikau (Univ. of Utah). Northwestern scholars include:...

Feb
20
2018

Public Lecture: A Decolonial Guidebook to Hawaii

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Featuring: Vernadette Gonzalez, Honors Program Director, Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai'i, Manoa; Associate Editor of American Quarterly.

Feb
20
2018

American Quarterly Publishing Workshop

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Presented by Vernadette Gonzalez, Honors Program Director, Assoc. Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Associate Editor of American...

Jan
17
2018

Moore Lecture: Natalie Diaz

5:15 PM - 6:45 PM

Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member...

Nov
3
2017

YoNasDa Lonewolf

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Come meet Queen YoNasDa (Black and Oglala Lakota) as she shares how her identity intersects with her involvement in activism...

Oct
9
2017

Indigenous Peoples' Day

All day

Northwestern University is co-sponsoring events for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 9th, along with Evanston’s Mitchell Museum of the American Indian...

Apr
22
2017

Earth Day Water Talks

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Learn about water and the role it plays in our lives. From holding cultural and spiritual importance to being the...

Apr
20
2017

Marie Watt: Sewing Community

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

This winter, community members from Northwestern, Evanston, and beyond joined together with artist Marie Watt to lend their hands to...

Feb
23
2017

Environmental Resource Panel & Reception

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Featuring Arlinda Locklear and Heather Kendall-Miller. From the Dakota Access Pipeline to the expansion of crude oil shipping in Gray’s Harbor...

Feb
23
2017

Environmental Law Lunch Panel

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Come and learn from Arlinda Locklear (Lumbee) and Heather Kendall-Miller (Athabascan).Their experience includes the historic Katie John litigation ensuring subsistence...

Jan
30
2017

SHC Klopsteg Lecture: KELLY WISECUP

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

KELLY WISECUP: English, Northwestern University "Indigenizing Botany: Colonial Science and Mohegan Medicine in Eighteenth-Century North America" Description: Colony botany and colonial expansion...

Nov
19
2016

Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Join NAISA and the Chicago community in a reception honoring the Cheyenne and Arapaho lives lost on November 29, 1864.

Nov
18
2016

Storytelling for Healing Workshop

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

This is an event designed to precede the Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration on Nov. 19 at 12:00pm in the Guild...

Nov
7
2016

First Nations Film and Video Festival

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc.  is a grassroots Native American film festival whose mission is showcasing works produced...

Oct
23
2016

Indigenous Science Days

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Indigenous Science Days is a community program that focus on culturally based science. The activities take place at multiple places...

Oct
10
2016

Indigenous Peoples' Day Concert

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

A variety of programming will occur on Indigenous Peoples' Day, inlcuding a concert by Scatter Their Own. Scatter Their Own...

Oct
10
2016

#NODAPL Rally

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

This is part of the the Indigenous Peoples' Day programming at Northwestern University. Students from the Native American and Indigenous...

Oct
10
2016

Indigenous Peoples' Day Panel

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Learn about the history, cultures & political issues of Indigenous Peoples throughout North American.  Featuring Scotti Clifford, musician and educator,...

Oct
1
2016

Indians in the Archive Symposium

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

“Indians in the Archive: Images of the Midwest” will feature speakers including Dave Beck (Montana); Rosalyn LaPier (Montana); Philip Round...

Sep
18
2016

Chicago Annual Powwow Trip

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Hosted by the American Indian Center of Chicago, the Chicago Annual Powwow is a celebration of Native culture from the...